Attributed to Pieter Bout

Dr. Einar Perman (1893-1976), Stockholm,

Thence by descent to the present owners

Laren, Singer Museum, Oude Tekeningen uit de Nederlanden. Verzameling Prof. E. Perman, Stockholm, 1962, cat. 19

Securely attributed drawings by Pieter Bout are few and far between, but this atmospheric winter scene is in some respects comparable in style to a signed drawing by the artist of A Farrier’s Shop, and another of a merry company playing backgammon in an interior, both in the British Museum.¹

¹ London, British Museum, inv. 1895,0915.1036 and 1895,0915.1037